Billy Joel - You're Only Human (Second Wind)

[nonameavailableuser]

Mental like a good monkey :) sometimes a song is just a song K.

[KaylisAmericanis]

So....the kid is suicidal just because he ran over a fire hydrant? They need some more background information to make this believable.



[peeperosborne]

@KaylisAmericanis the point isn't why he's committing suicide it's just that he shouldn't, so there is no real need for more backround information

[161johny]

u gota love how he made this to help ppl from wanting to kill themselfs from his own life experiance,

[kirbynat493]

I feel better now. :3

[VivaLaAmeria]

Ah Billy,

You never fail at cheering me up.

[pasy2006]

CLASSIC SONG:)

[TehDirtySanchez21]

Hi Reddit!

[dsavix4]

2:31 NUUUUURD :P

[Jasonluxford]

Like if you only came here to see Adam Savage

[kyuuk3tsuki]

@Jasonluxford i'd argue reddit, but i can't. still love joel though

[danimusic00]

@Jasonluxford who?

[elcaminou]

OF COURSE HE'S ADAM SAVAGE AND BTW FUCK YOU VEVO!!!!!

[UngKristen]

who would wanna get accosted by that motherfucker in such a precarious situation

[cjs33139]

Anyone know who plays the lifeguard? The musclebound one? YUmmm!

[TabCrusher]

i work for swat and in suicide situations we play this song and for whatever reason this song works everytime!

[primitiverock]

@TabCrusher Because it was inspired by the heart of Love, Comfort, and Encouragement. .God. And its so True. Glad it is a Useful Tool in Your Arsenal of Deliverance. Youre a Hero. :)

[vasdeferensify]

I wish Billy Joel showed up inconspicuously every time I felt sad

[johnnydeppfanCA]

OMG !!! Adam was only 18 years old in that video !!!!

[lydkennedy]

Billy, your music got me through in the difficult teen years putting up with an abusive step parent. Now I have two great kids of my own, & I'm glad I didn't kill myself after all. You're a great inspiration Billy, & your concerts are still awsome.

[TheRandomIdots]

This is hilariously sarcastic. Billy plays Piano man at the beggining

[musicmanaj92]

ADAM SAVAGE IS THE BEST PART OF THIS VIDEO

[brucefine2010]

Billy Joel, American Icon and legend!

[elpajaro21]

BILLY JOEL IS AWESOME ALL AROUND ,THIS WAS THE TIME WHAN MUSIC WAS MAGIC.

[churps27]

like the movie . it`s a wonderful life

[JVLIVSPhoto]

Wow, I was ten y.o. when this song first came out, I'm 37 now. I actually get this song now-esp. after hittin' rock bottom several times in my personal life. From one B.J. to another, thanks Piano Man. I appreciate this song so much now decades later.

[nonameavailableuser]

What a neat video, it says so much in a light nature.

[WaneS1]

Who is that Billy Joel?... 2:31 Wow,  Savage!

[TheMafakae]

The guy who nearly drowned in this is adam savage from mythbusters

[phk1972]

I love this song when I was only 13(1985) the chorus expressed the part of life, now refresh back it's true we made alot of mistakes but I got my SECOND WIND!!!!! Cheers!

[xxxPurplexGirlxxx]

I did not know that Billy Joel could teleport.

[lentzie1]

i admire billy joel so much!<3 this is one of my favorite songs by him, i love how you can relate this to the real world^^

[sUop99]

Did anyone else notice Billy Joel did Piano Man at the beginning?

[KOHORTON]

@sUop99 no. nobody noticed-.-

[neon471]

I know that this song was supposed to be for Teen Suicide prevention, but the beginning of the video made me laugh so hard. I'm crying! Like come on dude if you're driving don't kiss your girlfriend you just ruined all those fucking apples.

[TheOman1666]

Once again Billy Joel, one of your songs has changed my life :)

[rainer1980]

Billy Joel wanted this video originally to be used for a suicide prevention campaign.

[TheChupymetal]

another jewel by mr. Joel.

[Braktooth]

This is a great song. Great video too.

[christy340]

Billy Joel is so attractive and talented!

[yosoyelcamalion]

esta cancion me llena siempre de vitalidad como muchas de las canciones de billy joel este cabron es simplemente unico

[MrRobin14669]

My younger sister bought this single when it came out. I was kind of surprised because she used to listen to artists like Wham! and Madonna.

[sanders22158]

why cant billy joel be my guardian angel?

[TheGeneralee1]

iam here looking for Adam Savage

[roberto52549]

Essa musica e esse clip são muito bons!!!!

[itsstillgr8]

lol Adam.

[macman1218]

no it was his friend

[XxStandByMeBeatlesxX]

How come Billy Joel reminds me of Sylvester Stallone?? Like his look and all??

[B2B76]

@XxStandByMeBeatlesxX Billy really goes for the Italian Stallion look here, such an 80s video, a emotional song turned into goofy music video. But at least it had the message of the lyrics in it.

[DepecheEmulator]

I learnt English a short time. I will make this my personal anthem.

[nintendo4thewin]

never ever got this song i just listen to it because it sounded good

but now looking at it and knowing what it means

[macman1218]

@nintendo4thewin hes talkin to i believe him in the past "lookin back on all those long lonely days" and how his life got turned around from suicidal to happy and fufilled

thats what i think

[oLeoFTWx]

THUMBS UP FOR ADAM SAVAGE AT 2:31 THATS REALLY HIM.

[landothegreatest666]

@oLeoFTWx yeah i just found that out and had to search for this video to see !!! hah ahaha

[ckotcher1]

@oLeoFTWx WHO is Adam Savage????

[deaduponbirth1]

@ckotcher1 Really? He's one of the Mystbuster peoples. He and Jaime are the main "mad scientists" if you will.

[k8prince]

@ckotcher1 He's a host on Mythbusters! If you don't know what that is, it's only the best science show on Earth!

[Hahadonkeypunch]

@k8prince Was, now it's just "Watch our interns do boring shit while acting dumb. At some point we'll walk on set to blow something up for no reason."

[1SB1]

@oLeoFTWx looks like mike myres as well

[IndiaEight5]

@oLeoFTWx Fuck! I was going to post that, but you beat me to it, lol. In fact, that's the only reason why I came here (=

[TheTrueJedi01]

@oLeoFTWx Came here just for that. Great!

[mountainbliss4u]

stupid commericals. Hate that!

[spammanism]

place fist here bro>>>>

[proneonstreetracers]

tjis song helped me not to kill myself cuz im being harrased lol

[mountainbliss4u]

@proneonstreetracers Please never do that, sweetheart. Your life is too important and special to be taken away over bullies.

[proneonstreetracers]

@mountainbliss4u um im sorry but do i know you?

[mountainbliss4u]

@proneonstreetracers No you don't. But, you did post something in regards to your considering ending your life, so I replied. My bad.

[proneonstreetracers]

@mountainbliss4u itk ok :)

[clarinetmajor2015]

I've been listening to this stuff for as long as I can remember, and I'm only a freshman. Everyone was shocked to hear that I don't listen to pop. Frankly, I choose this over everything that's out today.

[J0kk3N0R]

Young Adam Savage at 2:31.

[tigger8051]

I love this song and video. My husband killed himself 15 years ago, because he so he did not get his second wind. I have had been second winds since that day. The song and video is very uplifting.

[madcitycubfan]

I embarrasingly admit I did come to this link 4 years ago because I heard the Mythbusters guy was in this. But I've long forgot that show and came back this time because this is a great song.. For the typical, non-science geek, Mythbusters became more boring after the first two seasons. Mythbusters will eventually become another realiity show which is long forgotten, but Billy Joel will remain a legend forever.

[madcitycubfan]

I embarrasingly admit I did come to this link 4 years ago because I heard the Mythbusters guy was in this. But I've long forgot that show and came back this time because this is a great song.. For the typical, non-science geek, Mythbusters became more boring after the first two seasons. Mythbusters will eventually become another realiity show which is long forgotten, but Billy Joel will remain a legend forever.

[godbluffvdgg]

If this song has helped you in difficult times thumbs up.

Billy, one of the greatest song writers.

[DanRooster]

Thank you, BIlly, for writing this song.

[m22frogger]

@marialadisa You remind them of a drowning Adam Savage? xD

[m22frogger]

Yeah I can't front adam Savage brought me here! :)

[costellodan]

Billy wrote it after remembering feeling suicidal in his early career, when things were working out wrong. It's a great song.

[ProjectCadenus]

he was playing the piano man tune on the harmonica (':

[MrBobombtom]

how many time paradoxes has this video caused?

[ShakeItLikeAPoleroid]

I'm nauseated that "The Wanted - Glad You Came" has more views than this.

[Xavygravy]

this video sends such a great message. love it

[FinkChrist]

I wish Billy Joel would come sing at me whenever I feel sad! I'd probably be so happy that I'd die of a heart attack though...

[TheMustangsally75]

Whwn this song came out I was almost 30 years old. I was going thru some rough times, seperated from my boyfriend who I was living with and we had a child together. It was a time when cocaine was a designer drug and we all did our fare share and then some. I was a mess, and my mom of all people told me listen to thjis song

[nimgurth]

why wont any billy joel videos fing play dammit?



[jessluvsjonas]

i heard this song at my job recently and was wondering what the music vid for this was like and wow how awesome! sigh...why cant this decade be as awesome as the 80s were! AND! my dad got to meet Billy Joel once cuz he was staying at the hotel my dad works at and he didnt even bother to get me a autograph from him! grr!

[QueenBee1179]

15 people haven't gotten their second wind;)

[THEroxalicious]

Adam Savage:

1:56 (Grduation)

2:04 (Drowning)

3:18 (Funeral)

3:52 (Wedding)

[HYEYBT]

The myth that TV hosts don't have interesting pasts has been busted.

[CTrimble100]

Fire hydrants don't really do this. : ) Noticed his intro on harmonica - isn't that Piano Man?

[flymasterjman]

I Wish I could harness the power of the harmonica to move myself around on bridges. lol

[BeanManIncorporated]

Like this because you wanted to hear music and Adam Savage was just icing on the cake.

[DaveWollenberg]

Billy hit #9 in Billboard, 8-31-85. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Shalom, Billy!

[ninjawood11]

I just came because this is a great song!

[Kyrei]

So how many people came to this after Sam Levine asked you to in the Kevin Pollak's Chat Show segment with Adam Savage to do so?... I know I did.

[smurfkillerX]

Adam still wore the same glasses... hahahahahaha

[shake1shake]

Honestly from the first time I head this song, all the way up until now, more than 20 years later, it still get's to me. "...I survived all those long lonely days when it seemed that i did not have a friend...but all I needed was a little faith, so I could catch my breath, and face the world again!" Whenever i feel like giving up, I hear this and it sets me right. Thanks for posting.

[12burtonboy]

This song makes me feel warm inside. A good song that I think many many people need today.

[Bethfromwigan]

@12burtonboy Agreed !. it's a very underrated song. It's a shame most people today probably haven't heard it.

[macman1218]

how the hell did he sing through the harmonica

[NoOneTheLongLostSon]

Hey, Adam's also in the Graduation scene!

[Maxdg1013]

@NoOneTheLongLostSon And 3:15, the part with people wearing black, by the grave.

Wonder who died, tho.

[LuciusTavington]

This video is great lolz :) I wish Billy was my guardian angel period. This song is really good, though. I mean, of course it is cause it's Billy Joel but still it truly is good. I love Bill's look in this, though. His dancing...makes me laugh everytime.

[cleanpage1]

Thanks for posting that edvaira, I am in a bad spot,I love the way he haunts with piano man on the harmonica

[cleanpage1]

Thanks for posting that edvaira, I am in a bad spot

[mapofyourheadmuse]

that guy is swimming with glasses!! XD

[wiggyandtee]

When I was 11 my parents had to have a room built for me on the main floor of our home because I have Cerebral Palsy and I was getting too heavy to carry upstairs every night. This song was the song the builders played over and over again while working on it. I call it "my own room anthem" Before that I shared a room with my sister.

[TheDrwho92]

@wiggyandtee thats pretty unique way too remember a song

[longacre10]

We used to bust this out at 2 AM when we need a pick me up, haha.

[Performerx43]

I love how Billy Joel dances lol

[redlantern2051]

what the hell is billy joel's look with the stubble here? lol i didn't know this song was his, nice effort billy.

[Performerx43]

its like Billy joel is the Ghost of Christmas future

[aabbklll101]

nice outfit billy

[travisbernardhunt]

the bridge in the opening scene? Is that the same one that tyler clementi from Rutgers University jumped off of?

[caulinrocker1]

@travisbernardhunt no ... he jumped from the george washington bridge ... image search the george washington bridge and compare to a pause image of this video at 0:09 and you can see a few differences

[louisianabones]

@travisbernardhunt The opening scene was shot at the 59th Street bridge in Manhattan.

[eddiefury]

I would put that harmonica up on Ebay and make a FORTUNE if I was that kid.

[MrSkyMalta]

@eddiefury then billy joel comes and kills u:3

[Bri2020Nh]

Billy was contemplating suicide in his life and I think he made this song and video bc of this!

[caulinrocker1]

@Bri2020Nh he actualy attempted suicide ... he drank a botlle of shoe polish but his friend found out he drank it and sent him to get his stomach pumped in time ... he was later treated for depression and hes been good since

[sparklystar13]

@caulinrocker1 it was his drummer who rushed him to the hospital and he was put on suicide watch

[caulinrocker1]

@sparklystar13 yeah ... liberty devito right?

[sparklystar13]

@caulinrocker1 No, Jon Small.

[kohaku122]

This song saved my life.

[hrlrox]

Hard to believe thats actually adam :)

[MuziekFan1995]

Haha, I only watched this for Adam :). Brilliant :).

[KeeCas1001]

@MuziekFan1995 oh my gosh me too!!!!!

[MuziekFan1995]

@KeeCas1001 Haha, I love Adam :). <3

[MrHexblade]

@MuziekFan1995 And you're proud of that? Hey I like Adam, but man, screw him at the moment, cuz Billy Joel is singing, moron.

[MuziekFan1995]

@MrHexblade Ehm... Excuse me? Was I talking to you? Nah, right, I wasn't, so screw YOU. And I can choose who I like and who I don't like, and actually, I don't like Billy Joel, to be honest. So...

[xdoo16]

@MuziekFan1995 so you suck :D

[MuziekFan1995]

@xdoo16 Yeah, whatever you want.

[steinkeluiz]

Right at this moment this song must be listen for the own Billy Joel.

He must underdog your problem about the alcohool and recorded another album.

steinkeluiz.

[steinkeluiz]

Right at this moment this song must be listen for the own Billy Joel.

He must underdog your problem about the alcohool and recorded another album.

[mtobias7]

I wish Billy Joel had been my guardian angel when I was suicidal. But still, this song helps more than you may know. It's nice to know other people can feel exactly as alone and down as I have.

[nosrep09]

lol adam :)

I don't care about vevo. I still get to see this vid for free - what does it matter?

[77kcurtis]

my dad was going to kill himself in 1987. he heard this song after he bought the album because he was a huge billy joel fan. 4 years later he married my mom and 2 years after that i was born. so billy joel saved 2 lives that day

[TBellaDotka]

 ...2.46.... so painful....

[reeny151]

BILLY JOEL MUSIC GOT ME THOUGH THE 1980"S WHEN I WAS A TEEN. I LOVE YOU BILLY AND THANK YOU FOR MUSIC

[davida3606]

WTF is with this damn Vevo shit? I fucking hate it! Get rid of this gay shit Youtube!

[scamgrammy]

My favorite Billy Joel video

[axelm1991]

Hehe like this if you only watched this to see Adam Savage :')

[riciricardo240694]

@axelm1991 why else??

[THEroxalicious]

@axelm1991 Is that him with the nerd glasses??

[axelm1991]

@THEroxalicious yeah, he's the one who's screaming in the water :) such a legend

[THEroxalicious]

@axelm1991 Thought so! Haha, ADAM, you're the MAN! xD

[boys0018]

@axelm1991 I take it that you listened to the Nerdist Podcast from Largo in LA with Adam Savage on!

[axelm1991]

@boys0018 Ahh no I didn't :(

[Res0lut1on]

@axelm1991 He looks like the young Austin Powers!! haha

[SpazztikNinjaFilms]

@Res0lut1on Indeed



[Stillwater900]

@axelm1991 HAHAH I DID!!

[InfiniteGrenades]

holy sh!t. such a badass

[JrChefJim]

This song and video came out when I was in high school in the 80's and at a time in my life when I was contemplating suicide more than I wish. It always seemed to come on the radio at times when the temptation to end my life was at it's strongest. Every time I took it as a sign. Always will be thankful to Billy Joel for saving my life.

[sponpi999]

adam savage is at 2:05 too

[MrOnkL]

Adam Savage got me here.

[WadeAblitt]

so is the kid actually Billy Joel in the past, seeing as he gives him the harmonica and everything?

[Sasukereturns]

Kind of sucks that Billy's suicide-inspired song (Tomorrow is Today) sounds kind of better than his suicide-prevention song (this).

[80swerethebest]

Remember the velcro wallet? How about the velcro Kangaroos? Man, it takes me back to a time when things were a lot less complicated! Rock on.

[inconformeful255431]

QUE BUEN VIDEO, SIEMPRE ME IMPACTO POR SU MENSAJE CUANDO BILLY LE MUESTRA AL JOVEN ADAM LO QUE IMPACTARA SU SUICIDIO EN SU FAMILIA Y EN TODOS SUS CONOCIDOS Y LO QUE SERA SU VIDA SI DECIDE NO TOMAR LA PUERTA FALSA

[ArswawWorldofWarcraf]

@inconformeful255431 Una vez que tuvieron relaciones sexuales graves con mi novia y luego llegó la policía. Me arrestaron porque en realidad era una prostituta. Así que no olvide su segundo aire!

[iamzie]

wooohoo adam savage!

[mattp7394]

Thumbs up for Adam Savage, the drowning guy!!

[MvCKy]

@mattp7394 Yep, came 'round this way cos' of Mythbusters!